Elongation factor 4 (EF4/LepA) accelerates protein synthesis at increased Mg2+ concentrations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3199-3203

  Pech, Markus ^a,b   Karim, Zhala ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Kitakawa, Madoka ^c   Qin, Yan ^d   Nierhaus, Knud H ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial membrane; Protein synthesis under stress

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR 4; MAGNESIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IONIC STRENGTH; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RIBOSOME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MAGNESIUM; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBOSOMES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79952769630     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012994108     Document Type: Article

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